A Website Winner: This Design Firm Does it Right

It's taken a while, but I've finally found another design industry website that works. The site belongs to Hospitality & Leisure Asia, a hotel and resort industry design firm whose name I came across while  researching companies that work in Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East. Thei

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The Upside (for Design Pros) of the Down Economy

"The economy here is slumping. That's the problem." Out of Africa on dvd That remark by a designer who attended my "Supercharge Your Sales!" presentation this past week at the Seattle Design Center got me thinking. Maybe the "slumping economy" isn't the problem. Maybe it's the point. The point is th

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R-e-s-p-e-c-t: How to Get and Keep It

.!. (Dubai, U.A.E.) Who they serve is different, but what they seek is the same.Design professionals in part of the Middle East share a common goal with their North American counterparts.  Stargate: Continuum on dvd Respect. Halloween Design professionals gathered here for my recent presentations

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Dubai's Dilemma: Too Many Projects, Too Few Designers

Dubai's Dilemma: Too Many Projects, Too Few Designers

.!. Alien Autopsy trailer Dubai, U.A.E.-- Design firms here are long on projects and short on staff. Stargate: Continuum ipod The House Of Clocks download There's plenty of opportunities for complanies to design the interiors of luxury hotels, villas, resorts and even palaces. But finding the p

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Dazzling Dubai Offers Potential & Problems for Its Design Industry

Dazzling Dubai Offers Potential & Problems for Its Design Industry

Dubai, U.A.E. -- Start with New York. Mix in Hong Kong. Throw in some Las Vegas. Add a touch of Disneyland. Blend in  nearly 200 nationalities, mix it all together, and serve it up in the middle of the desert, and there you have it. Dubai. What a remarkable city this is, a shining jewel on the Pers

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